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A Standards Based Grading Deep Dive – Part 1: The Grading Rubric
If you ask 100 classroom teachers what the least favorite part of their job is, I am willing to bet that at least 80 of them will say “grading student work”. Well, that might not be accurate. Almost all of them will say “mandated professional development”, with grading being a close second. Having taught middle… Read more
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Plickers: The Best Formative Assessment Tool You (Probably) Aren’t Using.
One of the biggest traps in teaching any subject to a group of humans is the assumption that silence equals comprehension. You teach a concept, ask if there are any questions, get a room full of silence, and assume everyone gets it. I have fallen into this trap countless times in my career, even though… Read more
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Is It Wednesday Yet?
I barely graduated high school. And by barely, I mean “pretty sure the school counselors did some creative accounting on my transcript to keep the graduation rate high” barely. When I tell my current students this fact they are flabbergasted. I dropped this little life nugget to my Enhanced Math 1 students the other day… Read more
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My 4 Favorite Teaching Podcasts of 2023
After a year of listening, here are my favorite podcasts about teaching. Read more
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My Friday Afternoon Ritual
So I shake off the cobwebs, steel myself, and spend the next couple of hours getting tasks done that “Monday morning me” will be very excited about. Read more
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A Better Way To Grade
Instead of celebrating all of the things they knew how to do, they focus only on what they didn’t. Read more
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